Diocesan Archives

Archival black and white photo of the exterior of Bishopscourt

Bishopscourt — Cathedral Deanery

October 21, 2024

Complexity is written all over the Queen Anne Revival building we see here. And for good reason. It reminds us that a diocese is a ...

Christ Church, Bells Corners — Deanery of West Ottawa

September 23, 2024

One of the most plaintive inquiries ever received at the Diocesan Archives is for a photograph of the brand, spanking new frame Christ Church, Bells ...

St. John, Antrim — Deanery of the Southwest

Glenn J Lockwood August 22, 2024

We may well ponder what the good farmers of the Antrim vicinity were thinking when they began drawing timbers and other construction materials to build ...

interior of altar space in a church - black and white

St. John the Evangelist, Lancaster— Deanery of East Ontario

Glenn J Lockwood May 20, 2024

At first, we do not see that we are being watched. But sooner or later we notice the clergyman staring directly at us. He is ...

Archives to the rescue

Glenn J Lockwood March 25, 2024

Generally, the work of the Archives does not have the same urgency as the Anglican Community Ministries such as Belong Ottawa, Cornerstone or Centre 105 ...

All Saints, Petawawa — Deanery of the Northwest

Glenn J Lockwood March 25, 2024

Petawawa is first mentioned in 1887 as a station of the Anglican Upper Ottawa Mission, based at Pembroke. A cornerstone for a church at Petawawa ...

Black and white photo of St. Matthias under construction

Saint Matthias, Ottawa — Ottawa West Deanery

Glenn J Lockwood February 22, 2024

Here we see the massive structure of the Church of Saint Matthias taking shape, with construction well underway in Nepean Township in 1948. What may ...

Saint John the Evangelist, Ottawa

Glenn J Lockwood December 27, 2023

Here we are in downtown Ottawa in the mid to late 1870s in the upper storey of a building on Rideau Street, looking north along ...

Saint Alban, Mattawa — Pembroke Deanery

Glenn J Lockwood November 20, 2023

Mattawa had always been regarded as an important place, serving as a jumping off place from the settled area of Upper Canada on the upper ...